Well, the results are in (or as close as they’re likely to get at this busy time of the year). Four votes to one that BLOOD WILL TELL is not young adult.
In my opinion, I’d call it closest to New Adult. The characters are the right age. In the course of trying to escape from the unknown would-be assasin, they’re forced to leave their usual support system behind and set up for themselves–finding an affordable place to live, finding jobs without being able to use previous employers as references (because they don’t know who to trust), etc. Unfortunately, that’s a category only one publisher recognizes (and they don’t take unsolicited submissions) and there are no shelves for it in the book stores.
It’s a relief to have that settled, at least, but it does take away one of my excuses for why this didn’t generate more interest than it did. I still believe in this story. For now, however, I’ll be moving on. I’ll start querying MAGE STORM after the first of the year.
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